NEWS FROM THE DOUGHERTY WORLD

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler Co, IA
Jan 14, 1902

Dougherty News Gleaned From The World
Miss Minnie Lockwood spent the holidays with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Lockwood. She is a teacher in the public schools at
Boone.
John F. Wade is having a house built on his farm to be
occupied by a tenant working on his land. Mr. Wade is also planning on
remodeling his country residence and building a large barn.
Harley Lockwood has returned to his school duties at
Fayette.
McAloon & Reilly have moved into their new store.
The postoffice is also moved to their new quarters.
Miss Bessie Fowler of Greene visited at Sheridan Hanes'
last week.
The Catholic fair at Dougherty opens Monday, Jan. 20,
continuing six days. The DeGeorge & Leach orchestra will furnish the music.
Of course a big time is assured.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, IowaJan 23, 1902

-Rockwell Phonograph: Mayor Dougherty of Dougherty, was a Rockwell visitor last
Tuesday. He is one of the "old guard" and known and respected all over
this portion of Iowa. Father and Mother Dougherty, after having experiences all
of the hardships of pioneer days, are now permitted in the sunset of life to
serenely enjoy their remaining years, surrounded by children and life long
friends.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
April 1, 1903

News from the Dougherty World.
-The opera house is being fixed up
-Father Sheehy was over from Greene a few days last week.
-Hon. M.J. Wade gave a fine lecture on "The Reign of Law" at the M.E.
church Tuesday night.
-Thirteen families have moved from Dougherty during the past three weeks, most
of them going to the northwest.
-Walter Mullen has returned to Nora Springs to attend school. He will be one of
the pitchers in the seminary team.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
July 29, 1903

News from the Dougherty World.

-Jake Leydig and his carpenters are working near Greene.
-J.C. Jordan has quit his job with Nye Schneider Fowler Co., and after taking a
needed rest may engage in the real estate and loan business.
-Walt Mullen has assumed his duties as book-keeper at the First National Bank,
taking the place of Fred Christians who has returned to Mason City.
-John Noonan, a Dougherty boy, is meeting with success in base ball circles in
North Dakota. He has and is now pitching for a team in that country and he
writes friends here he has signed with the team at Wilmont for the season of
'04.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
October 21, 1903

News From the Dougherty World

-Edwin Wade, the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Wade, left last night for New
York City to try to trace up the members of his family.
-Auctioneer Robert Mullen has four auction sales to cry this week. The auction
season is opening up early and they all want "Uncle Robert" to cry
their sales for them.
-Barney Grant finished threshing last Tuesday. Oats went about 40 bushels to the
acre and barley about 25. Pretty good grain crops for this year, and the grain
stacks are dry and nice.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
Jan 20, 1904

News From the Dougherty World.

-Miss Rose Reilly of Lawler is a guest of the family of her uncle, Mayo
Patrick Reilly, at the City Hotel.
-Joe Cooney bought about a car load of hogs from John F Wade last week which
averaged 462 pounds each. They made a handsome car of stock and attracted a good
deal of attention at the stock yards here.
-C.C. Wertz left Sunday for different points in Pennsylvania, his native state,
for a two weeks' visit with relatives and friends. Mr. Wertz's father is living
at Newport, where he will make a visit. He will also visit at Harrisburg and
Pittsburg.
-W.J. Chrisitans, Robert Mullen, Peter Gorman and J.J. Beecher attended a
directors' meeting of the Aredale Savings Bank at Aredale Tuesday. A.H. Gale of
Mason City was re-elected president, W.J. Christians vice president and H.J.
Ehlers cashier. Messrs. Mullen, Gorman and Beecher were appointed a committee to
examine the books. The affairs of the bank were found to be in excellent shape
and the business making a good healthy growth.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
April 26, 1904

News From the Dougherty World. [Cerro Gordo Co., IA]Ed Wade has gone to New York City.Roy Hamilton has received his new barber furniture and has
it in position.We are sorry to note Mrs. W. J. Christian's severe illness.
She is reported better.Ira Ingraham was over from Greene last week and bought nine
head of good draft horses.A band of a dozen Indians got off the train one day last
week and camped on the Coldwater near J.D. Doughterty's place.Senator John F. Wade sold to Matt Miller two car loads of
extra fine 260-lb hogs Monday, Mr. Miller shipping them to Decker's packing
house at Mason City Tuesday.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
September 7, 1904

Dougherty News. [Cerro Gord Co, IA]
Miss Katie McKenna of Park Rapids, Minn., has been here
visiting old time friends.
H.B. Rosecrans has been out from Marble Rock repapering the
Coldwater Baptist church.
L.E. Fowler has been appointed postmaster in place of his
brother, J.W. Fowler, who has resigned.
Walter Mullen is back to his old position in the First
National Bank, after a two months' vacation.
Joe Sweeney bought a fine young draft team of Carl Noss,
paying $362.50. They are black geldings four years old and weigh 3,160.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
March 31, 1909

Dougherty News From the World. [Cerro Gordo Co, IA]
Ed Hanley is working in the Sheffield cement plant.
Father E.J. Dougherty was down from Mason City last week.
Jas. Conwell is at home from Chicago where he has been at
work.
Chas. Morris has shipped three car loads of cattle from
Aredale last week.
Charley Wertz is having his building remodeled into a
residence property.
Miss Merle Clifton is teaching the spring term at the Wade
school house.
Attorney P.J. Dougherty was called to Northwood in the
McNamara murder trial.
J.W. Fowler has let the contract for his new blacksmith shop
to the Sheffield Cement Co. The building will be 24x42 and built of cement
blocks.
Election passed off very quietly. In all 32 votes were cast
as follows: Mayor, R. Lalor; Treasurer, Joe Martinek; Assessor, J.M. Mullen;
Councilmen: Jas. Dougherty, J.M. Brady and John Lipps.
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John H. McBride, 76 years old, died in Des Moines, Saturday. Mr. McBride was the
inventor of the first three wheel riding plow, in 1875. He never realized much
of his invention as the J.I. Case and Moline Plow Company took up his
discoveries, added some to them and beat him out with their money at the end of
a long drawn out law suit. At the time of his death he was busy organizing a
company to push another invention.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
Aug 11,1909

Dougherty News from The World.The Dougherty Concert Band has been organized. Ray Doore
is manager.
Thirty people from Dougherty were at Nora Springs last week
to attend the funeral of Mrs. J.V. Kelly.
Father Ed Dougherty went to Chicago last week to attend the
national convention of temperance societies.
The Ideal Cafe has been purchased by George Brady and sister.
They took it over from W.J. Christians last week.
On last Thursday evening a number of Miss Kate Rooney's
friends treated her to a genuine surprise party. She left the next day for an
extended visit in Des Moines.
Walter Mullen laid down the pen and took up the binder whip
last week. On account of the difficulty of securing help, U.G. Brough, who is
running the Mullen farm west of Sheffield would have been "up against
it" had it not been for Walt who left the bank at Aredale and went out to
work on the farm. Though not accustomed to hard work for several years Walt
stuck to it day after day and now the big field of oats is in the shock. There's
nothing lazy about Walt, and he can be depended upon every time when a good man
is in demand.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
September 1, 1909

Dougherty News

Tom Conwell has gone to Eakelson, N.Dak. to work during
the fall.
Phillip Siepel is taking a vacation from his labors in the
T.C. Ryan pharmacy.
Miss Pearl Lipps has gone to Cedar Falls where she will
attend the State Teachers College.
J.C. Jordan is putting on all kinds of style with a new
Maxwell automobile he has just purchased.
Fred Christians, Jim Brady, Pat Moran, Miss Rose Dougherty,
Peter Gorman and others attended the funeral of P.J. Clarke at Greene last
Thursday.
The Dougherty public school building is being painted inside
and out, preparatory to the opening of school this fall. Miss Sadie McGee will
teach the school.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
September 22, 1909

Dougherty News from the World

Miss Rose Rooney is attending school at the Toland's
Business University in Mason City.
Thos. Conners went to Wheaton, Minnesota, Tuesday to look
after threshing the crops on his farm near that place.
Hon. Daniel Dougherty and wife went to Mason City, Wednesday,
for a couple of days visit with their son, Rev. E.J. Dougherty.
Sister Baptiste of St. Catherine's home in Milwaukee, Wis.,
arrived here Monday for a two or three weeks visit at the home of her brother,
Jas. Rooney.
John Deardorff went over to Marble Rock the first of the week
and bought the Ramp Bowers bay team that took both first and second premium at
the Nashua fair last week.
J.V. Kelly, who is now a railroad mail clerk, running between
Cedar Rapids and Carroll, spent the first of the week visiting here. We miss
Johnnie in Dougherty, but are glad to know that he is pleased with his new
position.
J.M. Brady and wife and little son are home from an outing
and visit at Buffalo, Ia., on the Mississippi river. Jim tells us that the
fishing was good and that their stay on the banks of the Father of Waters was a
very pleasant one.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
September 29, 1909

Dougherty News from the World

The news of the death of John McGee is reported from
Rockwell. He was 85 years old.
Miss Rosa Campbell of Waukon arrived Saturday and will teach
in the Sandridge district.
Charley Mullen, who has been playing ball with Portland,
Oregon, will arrive home Friday night.
Claude Martin of Larchwood was a visitor at the home of his
uncle, C.C. Wertz at this place the latter part of last week. On Sunday he was
accompanied to Greene by Miss Maude Wertz, for a visit with their grandmother.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
Aug 21, 1912

DOUGHERTY NEWS
From the World

-Raymond and Gerald Breene went to Farley Monday for a visit with relatives.
-Joe Dougherty came down from Mason City Friday for a visit with home folks.
-Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Doore of Greene spent Sunday here with their son R.L. Doore
and family.
-Miss Agnes Dougherty of Minneapolis arrived here Wednesday for a visit with
home folks.
-Miss Ada Blake visited for a few days this week with her brother, Clifford, at
Mason City.
-Miss Jennie Conners went to Mason City Monday for a few days' visit with her
sister Miss Molly.
-Will Hicks went to Mason City the first of the week where he has secured a
position as chauffeur for the J.W. Keerl family.
-Miss Ada Gannon of Davenport arrived here Monday evening and is busy organizing
a ladies' auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
-Robert Mullen sold 160 acres of good farm land located four miles northeast of
Dougherty last Friday to A.W. Youst who lives on the Rholing farm. Mr. Mullen
received $85 per acre for the land.
-Last Monday evening during the big storm, the large barn, 48x70 ft., on the old
Hanchett farm owned by Perry and Jones, was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground. The cupola was struck and the fire started in the hay mow where
there was about 18 tons of hay. Three head of cattle were also lost. A large
granary was also burned. The loss was about $3500 which was partially covered by
insurance.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
Sep 22, 1915

DOUGHERTY

Mrs. Charles Dougherty and daughter, Mrs. Vern
Riggins, drove over to Rockwell Thursday to visit Mrs. Mike McDonough who has
been ill.
Hugh Dougherty and daughter Grace returned Thursday to
their home in Minot, North Dakota, after a months' visit with relatives.
Attorney Joseph Campbell and family motored over from
Charles City Friday for a short visit with relatives.
Mrs. James O'Connor and daughter Irene and Gladys,
returned home Saturday evening from a week's visit with relatives at Dubuque and
Clinton.
A few of the Dougherty people who were in attendance at
the lawn social Sunday afternoon and evening at the Dan O'Connor home in
Carterville were Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Kelsh, Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs.
James O'Connor and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lalor
and family, Mr and Mrs. William Reed and family, Misses Sadie and Alice Magee,
Hannah, Ella and Mary Beecher, Lewine McLaughlin, Petranelle Madden, Williamette
Brady, Mamie Cunningham, Katherine Geary, Ella Barnrick, Loretta nad Lenore
Dougherty, Anna Conwell, Allie McGee, Anna Zweck, Margaret Boyle, Gertrude
Breslin, Mayme Hogan, Messrs. J.J. Will and James Beecher and James McManus,
Everett and Peter and John Dougherty, John and Daniel McLaughlin, Leo Geary, Leo
Danehy, Ben Barr, R.A. Lowrie, John and Francis Madden, C.C. Wertz, Frank Huss,
Ed Sweney, Jim Mullen, Hugh O'Donnell, Thomas Dolan, James and Wade Clark, Ralph
and Walter Hogan, and Dr. Barragy. Coffee and sandwiches as well as ice cream
and cake were served. A ball game in the after noon between the Dougherty Cubs
and Carterville was one of the attractions. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed
themselves in spite of the chilly weather.
Mrs. Nelson of Minneapolis is visiting at the home of her
brother, O.H. Calahan.
Mrs. Fred Calahan and son, P.H., departed Thursday
morning for Minneapolis for a visit with relatives and to attend the Minnesota
state fair.
A number from here attended the funeral of Mrs. Thomas
Hanley at Greene last week.
Mrs. J.F. Wade of Des Moines visited the first of the
week here with relatives.
Mr and Mrs. Mike Murphy and son Emmet, Mrs. Mary Hogan
and Miss Bridget Murphy motored to Ackley Thursday for a visit with relatives
and to attend the annual Sauer Kraut festival.

Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
Wednesday, October 19, 1938

DOUGHERTY
By Vera Dougherty
Give your news to her

O'Connor-Breen Nuptials
Miss Clarice O'Connor of Lawler, daughter of Mrs.
Agnes O'Connor became
the bride of Dr. Gerald Breen, son of Mrs. Ella Breen, of Dougherty,
Saturday morning at 7:30 at Mount Carmel church, the Rev. John O'Donnell
officiating. The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, E.L. O'Connor
of
Sioux City and was met at the altar by Dr. Breen. The bride was attired in
a
white satin dress and wore a white veil and carried a bouquet of white
Gladiolus and a blue rosary. Her sister Katherine, of Minneapolis, was her
attendant and wore aqua blue satin dress and carried a colonial bouquet.
The best man was Francis Breen of Mason City,
bother of the bridegroom.
Jerry Jenkins, aged 3, niece of the bride, acted as the flower girl and
wore
a yellow gown and train. The ring bearer, was Jimmie Jenkens, 5 years old,
nephew of the bride, and was attired in a tuxedo.
After the wedding ceremony a reception was given
for twenty-five guests
and immediate relatives at the O'Connor residence, after which the bridal
party departed for New York and other eastern points. Ushers were Leo
O'Connor, brother of the bride and Jimmie O'Connor of Sioux City.
Out of town guests who attended were Mr. and Mrs.
C. Jenkins of St.
Paul and Mrs. Ella Breen and Raymond and Connor of Dougherty, Miss Mabel
Breen of Des Moines, Francis and Margaret of Mason City and Mr. and Mrs.
E.L. O'Connor of Sioux City.

- Robert Murphy and Lawrence Mullen spent Sunday
at Farley visiting Sister Anticitus.
- Frank Kelly of Mason City is spending a few
days here with his brothers, Vincent and Mike.
- Hollis Merrick, who is attending Iowa State
college spent the weekend with his parents.
- Albert Rusing of Waterloo and John Conway spent
a few days duck hunting at Graettinger.
- John Conners returned to his home Saturday
after spending the summer months at Minot, S.D., and Duluth, Minn.